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Publication date: 2022

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Agata Gaszka

Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, Vol LVII, 2022, pp. 7 - 32

https://doi.org/10.4467/00015229AAC.22.001.17455

This paper presents the results of the detailed analysis of Neolithic ceramic, stone and bone artefacts found in the main chamber of Ciemna Cave during excavations between 2007 and 2012. The Neolithic materials from Ciemna Cave are connected with Linear Pottery culture, the Lengyel-Polgár cycle (the Malice culture, the Pleszów group, and the Wyciąże-Złotniki group), Funnel Beaker culture and Baden culture. The assemblage is dominated by artefacts linked mainly with the Pleszów group and Baden culture. A noteworthy achievement is the establishment of a stratigraphic correlation between Neolithic materials and artefacts from other archaeological periods. Ciemna Cave is one of Poland’s most influential Neolithic cave sites with numerous diverse Neolithic materials.

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Sándor Berecki, Szilárd Sándor Gál, Dan Lucian Vaida

Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, Vol LVII, 2022, pp. 33 - 62

https://doi.org/10.4467/00015229AAC.22.002.17456

In the Late Iron Age biritual cemetery from Fântânele-Dealul Iuşului / La Gâţa the remains of 43 individuals from 41 graves have been excavated to this day. The analysis of inhumation and cremation burials allowed for a paleodemographic study of this community settled on the fringes of the Celtic world. In addition to data on the sex and age or intravital body height of the deceased, pathological changes and epigenetic traits were also observed in some cases. Furthermore, analyses of the cremated human remains also brought to light different characteristics of burial habits, such as burning temperature or the rate of collection of the remains from the pyre.

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Liana V. Vakulenko, Serhii V. Didenko

Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, Vol LVII, 2022, pp. 63 - 88

https://doi.org/10.4467/00015229AAC.22.003.17457

During the 1st-3rd centuries AD, waves of migrations repeatedly swept through the area of present-day western Ukraine. As evidenced by archaeological materials, migrations of Dacian and Przeworsk populations at the beginning of the 1st century AD and during the 2nd century led to the formation of the Lipitsa culture in this region, a cultural unit combining ethnic traits of both communities. Turbulent times of the Marcomannic Wars (166–180 AD) and a new wave of Przeworsk culture migration pushed the Lipitsa population out to Dacia. The distribution of archaeological sites from the late 2nd-3rd cent. AD shows that the Danube region was not the only direction of the Przeworsk tribes’ movement, as they also resettled and colonised new territories in the Volhynia, Podolia, and Polesia regions. Thus, the Przeworsk populations migrating to the western Ukraine in the first two centuries AD blended with the Dacian milieu, contributing to the creation of the Lipitsa culture. The Przeworsk populations of the second wave, which moved to the territory of Ukraine towards the end of the 2nd century and in the first half of the 3rd century AD, became the basis and a major component of a new cultural unit: the Chernyakhov culture of the Late Roman Period.

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Renata Madyda-Legutko, Krzysztof Tunia

Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, Vol LVII, 2022, pp. 89 - 114

https://doi.org/10.4467/00015229AAC.22.004.17458

In the Late Roman and the Early Migration Periods, i.e. the 4th and the early 5th centuries AD, in the Polish Western Carpathians, especially in the Sącz Basin, the adjacent Sącz Beskid Mts and Wyspowy Beskid Mts as well as in the Krosno-Jasło Basin, a significant intensification of settlement is observed. The area has been investigated through archaeological surface surveys and excavations; in the Sącz region, five sites have been excavated with the results published to date. This text presents the results of test excavation at yet another site, Podegrodzie 7, Nowy Sącz district. In the feature investigated there a rare jug ornamented with glossed triangles, several storage vessels of the Krausengefäße type, as well as some organic remains were discovered. Palaeobotanical analysis has shown that common barley (Hordeum vulgare) was the predominant species cultivated by the inhabitants of this territory. The radiocarbon date obtained from a charcoal sample corresponds to the chronology of the site determined by the ceramics typology. The results of the excavation at Podegrodzie 7 site are complemented with a map presenting the location of settlement in that area in the Late Roman and the Early Migration Periods.

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Magdalena Okońska-Bulas, Anna Mikołajska

Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, Vol LVII, 2022, pp. 115 - 142

https://doi.org/10.4467/00015229AAC.22.005.17459

The article presents the results obtained by examining wheel-made pottery with the use of digital radiography. As exemplified by selected fragments, the possibilities offered by this method of studying the production techniques applied in Przeworsk culture ceramics are presented. Vessel sherds from the younger and late Roman period from workshops located in the microregion east of the lower Raba River (sites in Strzelce Małe and Bessów) were analysed. Analysis of X-radiography images offers some insight into the features of the primary forming techniques used and the structure of the clay fabric.

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Paweł Kocańda , Joanna Rogóż

Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, Vol LVII, 2022, pp. 143 - 184

https://doi.org/10.4467/00015229AAC.22.006.17460

In 2017 the sewers and water mains in Biecz at the crossroads of 3 Maja and Kolejowa Street underwent modernisation and the work was subject to archaeological supervision. This led to the discovery of several burials, concentrations of human bones, and parts of buildings. Analysis of the findings plus examination of historical records points to these belonging to the graveyard of the now defunct St. James’ Church and a police station from the late 19th century. The results of the supervision were expanded upon by anthropological examination of the human remains and radiocarbon dating, both of which broadened the scope for interpreting the finds. The former helped identify the sex and age of the deceased as well as any pathological changes they may have undergone. Carbon dating confirmed that the burials took place in the 17–18th centuries. The above findings represent a major step in identifying where St. James’ Church in Biecz was located.

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Ewelina Kolebuk

Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, Vol LVII, 2022, pp. 185 - 210

https://doi.org/10.4467/00015229AAC.22.007.17461

The aim of this paper is to reconstruct settlement preferences and the dynamics of cultural changes that occurred in the sheet of Polish Archaeological Record (Archeologiczne Zdjęcie Polski = AZP) no. 105–80, located on the Kańczuga Upland. The materials for analysis were collected over several seasons of surface surveys in which 210 archaeological sites were identified. The obtained results show that this region was very attractive for both hunter-gatherers and settled communities.

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Szymon Orzechowski, Maciej Hajdukiewicz, Bartosz Kozak, Ihor Romanyszyn

Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, Vol LVII, 2022, pp. 211 - 224

https://doi.org/10.4467/00015229AAC.22.008.17462

The first professional geodetic network on Polish soil was established in 1829-1835. It was created for the mines and factories of the Old Polish Industrial District, which remained the largest centre of mining and metallurgy in Poland until the end of the 19th century. The main measuring point was established on the summit of Mount Łysica in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. However, it was promptly destroyed and, despite detailed data published by one director of the project, Professor F.S. Armiński, it has only recently been rediscovered. Test excavations undertaken in 2019 revealed numerous inconsistencies between the archival data and the actual construction of the uncovered foundations.

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Paweł Valde-Nowak, Magda Kowal, Anna Kraszewska, Jakub Skłucki

Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, Vol LVII, 2022, pp. 225 - 232

https://doi.org/10.4467/00015229AAC.22.009.17463

Despite over a hundred years of various archaeological works, including the latest in Hučiva Cave, considering the presence of Stone age peoples, Tatra Mountains remain an archaeological terra incognita. Therefore it is very important to communicate any new finds. The purpose of this article is to present the discovery from the mouth of the Lejowa valley, found in 2009 in close proximity to the formerly known site no. 1 in Witów, com. Kościelisko. The analyzes of raw material and technological aspect of specimen are presented in this article and can indicate that it was made by Stone Age people.

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Wojciech Mika

Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, Vol LVII, 2022, pp. 233 - 240

https://doi.org/10.4467/00015229AAC.22.010.17464

Due to its landscape, dominated by hills reaching above 1000 m a.s.l., the southern part of the Western Beskids was long considered an area beyond the reach of prehistoric migrations. The small number of artefacts known from the area makes every new find significant. The article presents a stone artefact found on the Brona Pass in Beskid Żywiecki. It was made of a local raw material, quartzite sandstone. The discovery provides new evidence of the penetration of mountain landscapes by prehistoric communities.

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